Józef Grudzień Explained

Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer.

Grudzień was born 1 April 1939 in Piasek Wielki, Poland, which is near Busko-Zdrój. He won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold in the Lightweight division at Tokyo in 1964^[1] and silver at Mexico City in 1968. He also twice won medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships, silver at East Berlin in 1965 and gold at Rome in 1967.^[2]

Grudzień won the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award in 1991.^[3]

1964 Olympic results

Below are the results of Jozef Grudzień, a lightweight boxer who competed for Poland at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:

• Round of 32: Defeated Tauno Halonen (Finland) by decision, 4–1
• Round of 16: Defeated Alex Oundo (Kenya) by decision, 4–1
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Stoyan Pilitchev (Bulgaria) by decision, 5–0
• Semifinal: Defeated Ronnie Harris (United States) by decision, 4–1
• Final: Defeated Velikton Barannikov (Soviet Union) by decision, 5–0 (won gold medal)

1968 Olympic results

Below are the results of Jozef Gudzień, a lightweight boxer who competed for Poland at the 1968 Mexico Olympics:

• Round one: Defeated Ho Su-Lung (Taiwan) by decision, 5-0
• Round two: Defeated Roberto Caminero (Cuba) by decision, 5-0
• Round three: Defeated Marty Quinn (Ireland) by decision, 4-1
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Enzo Petriglia (Italy) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: Defeated Zvonko Vujin (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0
• Final: Lost Ronnie Harris by decision, 0-5 (won silver medal)

Notes and References

1. http://hubcit.sasktelwebsite.net/olympicgamesboxingresults.html Olympic Games Boxing Results
2. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships.html EuropeanChampionships
3. http://bokser.org/content/2009/11/13/025119/index.jsp Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award